Safety bottle-jacket.



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(Application filed I". 23, 1901.)

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UNITED STATES PATENT OEEIcE.

GEORGE M. DE WATERS, OF BAYONNE, NEV JERSEY.

SAFETY BOTTLE-JACKET.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 675,509, dated June 4,1901.

Application filed March 23,1901. Serial No. 52,481. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, GEORGE M. DE WATEEs, a citizen of the United States,residing in Bayonne, in the county of Hudson, in the State of NewJersey, have invented acertain new and useful Improvementin SafetyBottle- .Iackets, of which the following is a specification.

The object is to better guard against mischief from the accidentalexplosion of bottles which is always liable to occur in han dlingbottles highly charged with gas. The agitation and unequal warmingunavoidable with any ordinary means of opening involve an increase inthe internal pressure and unequal strains in the glass. Experience hasproved the danger to be sufficiently serious to require guardingagainst, and efforts have been made to do so; but, so far as known tome, such have been open to serious objections. I have discovered that athin envelop of soft rubber or analogous flexible and yielding materialwill allowa bottle to be rapidly and easily inserted and removed, andbeing compressed by the left hand around the neck of the bottle inclosesthe neck and the entire bottle in such manner as to insure againstinjuryto the hand or to any surroundings in case of explosion. I have deviseda form which is every way convenient. The preferable material, softrubber, affords also great protection for the bottle and its contentsagainst being warmed by the hand and the knees in the act of removingthe cork.

The following is a description of what I consider the best means ofcarrying out the invention.

The accompanying drawings form a part of this specification.

Figure 1 is a side elevation. Fig. 2 is a section on the line 2 2 inFig. 1. Fig. 3 is an elevation corresponding to Fig. 1, representing amodification.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all thefigures where they appear.

Referring to Figs. 1 and 2, A is the body, and A the neck, of a bottle,and B a cork fitted therein. These parts, as also any ordinary orsuitable fastening for the stopper, may be in all respects of the usualcharacter.

D is the main body of my jacket.

D is the neck, and D the rim or edge of the mouth of the same, allformed integral of soft rubber. The neck D is deeply corrugatedlongitudinally. The entire jacket is capable of expansion by theelasticity of its material irrespective of its form; but the form of theneck contributes to give a very great elasticity to this portion. Inreceiving or discharging a bottle the neck is easily made to assume thefull size of the body D. In a state of rest, whether empty or containinga bottle, the neck D is smaller than the body D, enough so todistinguish the jacket and to give it a tasty appearance. The mouth D isflared. It is easy to insert and remove the bottle. In pouring from thebottle the rim of the tumbler may be inserted under the month of thebottle within the flared rim of the rubber jacket.

The corrugations distribute the contraction with approximate equality.The hand grasping the neck forces the corrugated rubber inward and givesafirm hold on the glass through the rubber.

Modifications may be made Without departing from the principle orsacrificing the advantages of the invention. One size of jacket willserve for quite a range of sizes of bottles. I propose by supplying twosizes to equip the butler forserving from all ordinary sizes of bottleswithout risk of injury to persons or dresses or any series annoyancefrom the failure of bottles. In cases where it is only necessary toarrest the broken glass and the escape of a small quantity of liquid isnot seriously objectionable various other yielding materials, as felt,may be used in forming my jacket. I prefer soft rubber made in one piecewithout scam.

I claim as my invention- 1. A safety bottle-jacket, composed of elasticwaterproof material, in the form of a case D with a closed bottom, acontracted neck D and a flared rim D adapted to serve with a bottle,substantially as herein specified.

2. A safety bottle-jacket composed of elastic waterproof material, inthe form of a case D with a closed bottom, a contracted neck D and aflared rim D in combination with a bottle ]3 B inclosed therein, allarranged to serve substantially as herein specified.

In testimony that I claim the invention above set forth I affix mysignature inpres' ence of two Witnesses.

GEORGE M. DE WATERS.

Witnesses i J. B. OLAUTIC'E, M. F. BOYLE.

